Welcome to the UCalgary Design System
Empowering teams to create consistent, accessible, and user-centered experiences—efficiently and at scale. Seamless, unified digital experiences starts here.
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Unmistakably UCalgary
Foundations and tokens
Fueling consistency, efficiency and creative innovation. Make designing faster and clearer. With our foundations and tokens, your digital experiences live and breath UCalgary.
Simple, efficient, effective
Component library
Empowering teams with flexible, pre-built, brand-aligned and accessible UI components. Our components save you time, so you can focus on the fun parts of elevating every user interaction.
Delivering impact
Design principles
Rooted in community, driven by entrepenurial spirt and bold ideas, our principles guide the how and why behind every design choice. Ensuring our work is driving the University's mission.
Useful info
Who is the UCDS for?
The UCDS is available to any designer, developer, team or vendor that is producing a digital touchpoint that serves our core audiences. Learn more about UCDS.
UCDS Roadmap
Guided by our commitment to continuous improvement our roadmap sets our direction and key milestones.
How do I get access?
Our assets are available for designers and developers, get in touch for an onboarding session and we'll get you set up.
UCDS Vision
Shape, elevate, and transform UCalgary’s digital ecosystem to drive positive change, creating impactful experiences that engage and empower our community. Learn more about our design principles.
Start designing today – access the system now.
If you're curious about how the UCalgary Design System could work for you, have feedback, or just need access so you can get started. Email us - let’s create something amazing together.
News and Updates
From Track star to Country Pop star: Katelyn Lehner's next act
Long before she was playing festival stages, Katelyn Lehner was chasing podiums as a UCalgary athlete. Now she’s off and running in a music career in an industry with no lanes, no stopwatch and no scoreboard.
Celebrate 60 years of UCalgary
UCalgary is turning 60 and you are invited to the party! Join us on-campus on Saturday, Apr. 11 for Community Day and enjoy free events, food, music, games and prizes. Everyone is welcome; experience some nostalgia with trivia at the Den, take a walk down memory lane with a campus tour and so much more.
Beta 2.0 Release Notes
The second beta release of the UCalgary Design System (UCDS) introduces foundational content and functional components that enhance layout, navigation, and interaction. This release includes new design elements such as Cards, functional components like Breadcrumbs and Hero sections, and updated content structure elements, including Forms, supporting greater consistency and accessibility across UCalgary’s digital platforms.